From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N1Nmu-0007Lx-Ot for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:52 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1Nms-0007Ka-Qv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1Nmo-0007II-0p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:50 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48260 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N1Nmn-0007I9-So for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:45 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com ([209.85.219.228]:36610) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N1Nmn-0001Qx-8p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:45 -0400 Received: by mail-ew0-f228.google.com with SMTP id 28so3170501ewy.42 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:18:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6HwYypIEErp8wCWBuumF8tIpOjEsninVDhU0cqjUDUc=; b=U4SZdd/st+tbq/Cnf8IVhKcqbLzU9CcBDobx5+Jd1nMLTE9Vret1OV08TwZc0XWfGp tb3hoD5Euge7gdLb7ddbif5ox8W3cVisozF3rONN1gGqr3TnjwVj5m+VgFlqziWz23Qj G/xKgoauHsqrU/hfo3KPUa6KCth+0EhS2Q6LE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hVNh5Ty33zp96YIziWpPyhWi/5SavbjgTv78Xtkbojam3w6VxVeBye+9xnnBMwZdxh Dd4TB9ydvR2nP/RZnqA4Xnhe5s4lpZjmb5u+W6+E6hslEwyaRW/7dZBhXnwQVdmKmEle s49QdyYH6JIaMmNtV9d6h+A0iDEJqn19m6teQ= Received: by 10.216.90.77 with SMTP id d55mr1851052wef.164.1256318324851; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (gprs01.swisscom-mobile.ch [193.247.250.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm1385709eyx.9.2009.10.23.10.18.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AE1C159.8050005@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:44:41 +0200 From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090701) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20091022221708.GA8123@thorin> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Experimental branch for GRUB X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:18:51 -0000 > We might want to create a unified repo for grub and grub-extra. As > grub doesn't support external module building, split it in two parts > is not convenient for both developer and user. Therefore, we can > maintain an unified source tree in the experimental repo, and push > patch to the corresponding project when applied upstream. > > GNU has the goal of creating software with solid legal grounds. It's the whole reason for grub-extras to be separated. If we merge them in experimental we have a risk of having more of non-FSF-copyrighted code in main repository -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git